NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday launched contemporary salvos in opposition to its Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor following his cryptic social media post probably directed in the direction of the social gathering high brass.A day after Tharoor posted a picture of a bird with the caption — “Don’t ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to no one…”, Congress MP Manickam Tagore additionally posted a picture advising Tharoor to observe for “skies – hawks, vultures, and ‘eagles’.”“Don’t ask permission to fly. Birds don’t need clearance to rise… But today even a free bird must watch the skies—hawks, vultures, and ‘eagles’ are always hunting,” Tagore stated.“Freedom isn’t free, especially when the predators wear patriotism as feathers,” he added.The obvious jab comes a day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, with out naming Tharoor, stated that “for some, Modi is first.” Kharge was responding to a query on Tharoor’s latest article in The Hindu.“I can’t read English, but his language is very good — that’s why we made him a member of the party’s working committee. But what I want to say is that all of us, the entire opposition, have come together and said we stand with our Army — our Army that is fighting — we are with them,” Kharge stated.“We say nation first, but some consider Modi first, country later. What can we do about that?” he requested.Earlier, Shashi Tharoor clarified that his article praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic function throughout Operation Sindoor shouldn’t be misinterpreted as a signal that he intends to hitch the BJP.“It is not an indication of my leaping to the Prime Minister’s party (the BJP), as some people have unfortunately suggested,” Tharoor stated at an occasion when questioned in regards to the article.He stated that his views stemmed from a sense of nationwide unity and curiosity. “It’s a statement about standing up for India — which, to me, is the core reason I returned to India after 25 years with the United Nations. I came back to serve the country, and I am proud to do so,” he informed PTI.In the article, Tharoor described Modi’s “energy, dynamism, and willingness to engage” as helpful belongings for India’s international standing, asserting that such qualities “deserve greater backing.” The Prime Minister’s Office later shared the piece on X, sparking hypothesis about Tharoor’s rapport with the Congress management.The timing raised eyebrows, particularly since Congress has persistently criticised the Modi authorities’s overseas coverage, accusing it of isolating India on the world stage. Tharoor responded to the hypothesis by saying, “People tend to interpret everything through the lens of current headlines.”He added, “The article highlights the success of a diplomatic outreach mission that demonstrated cross-party unity on an issue of vital national interest.”Tharoor additionally identified that Modi’s international outreach has been intensive: “The Prime Minister has visited more countries than any of his predecessors to carry India’s message to the world.”Following the Pahalgam terror assault and the army response, Tharoor led a multi-party delegation to the United States and 4 different international locations to current India’s perspective to the worldwide group.
